IN SCR0007

Memorializes former Indiana Senator John R. Sinks, Jr., who died on December 8, 2012, at age 83

Honors his 32 consecutive years of service in the Indiana General Assembly (12 years in the House and 20 years in the Senate) until his retirement in 1996

Recognizes his nearly 40-year career teaching government at Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne until 1993, with degrees from Indiana University and Ball State University

Notes his service as an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and his achievement of the 33rd degree from the Scottish Rite for community service

Acknowledges his legislative accomplishments, particularly his sponsorship of Indiana's mandatory seat belt law in the late 1980s